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Monday, March 16, 2015

The Flash Panel - PaleyFest 2015

PaleyFest 2015 - The Flash Panel

Dolby Theatre

March 14, 2015

The Flash and Arrow PaleyFest panels were on the same
ticket, but the shows were presented separately so that’s how I’m going to post
them.For a recap of the cast and
creators working the press line, see my recap of the Arrow panel.

Carlos Valdes talking to Paul Blackthorne (Arrow) - they hugged right after this picture was taken

Jesse L. Martin & Andrew Kreisberg

Grant Gustin

I loved that Tom Cavanaugh ran onto the stage, hence the
blurry photo I took.

Tom Cavanaugh running onto the stage

Daneille Panabaker

Grant Gustin

I love that Aisha Tyler is a huge fan of these shows, which
is apparent when she kept referring to Tom Cavanaugh’s Dr. Harrison Wells as
being a dick.He was surprised by how
much she knew about the show and his character with the first question she
posed to him and said as much.

Tom Cavanaugh

Greg Berlanti

Carlos Valdes, Danielle Panabaker, Tom Cavanaugh

Grant Gustin

Grant Gustin

Tom Cavanaugh having a problem with his microphone - panelists tease him saying he's getting a massage

Candice Patton

Carlos Valdes

Jesse L. Martin

Rick Cosnett and Andrew Kreisberg

Rick Cosnett

The top 3 moments of The Flash panel were (in no particular
order):

1: Candice Patton responding to a question about how she’s
the only character who doesn’t know about metahumans and how her dad and Barry
have been lying to her about the Flash’s existence.Part of her response is how “the two most
important men in her life have been lying to her” and Rick Cosnett who plays
Iris’ boyfriend, Eddie Thawnewas just
“what?!”Then, he and producer Andrew
Kreisberg switched seats. Candice looks at Jesse L. Martin (Iris’ dad,
Detective Joe Allen) and asks for “daddy’s help” to get her out of this.She manages to salvage everything by saying
the two men she grew up with lied to her.At this, Rick and Andrew switched back to their original seats.

Daddy, help!

2: An audience member near where I was seated mentions that
he’s also called the fastest man on earth, but not because he runs fast.The laughter in the building was
deafening.Grant’s reaction was
hilarious and he stood as did the rest of the panel and gave the guy a standing
ovation.

3: A young boy (Twitter: @KidCoulson) was chosen (there was another who was seated
in the last row in the Parterre section who Jesse L. Martin said needed to ask
a question prior to this little boy) to ask a question, and all he did was
recite the show’s opening speech.As
soon as he said, “My name is Barry Allen” the place erupted in applause and
cheers, then we quieted down so he could continue.He recited the entire speech by heart and the
panel stood and gave him a standing ovation.When they sat back down, Grant said that he didn’t know that by heart.

I went up to the stage after the initial rush and took some
close-up photos of the cast.